Incom Corporation

Incom Corporation

History[]

Originally, Incom focused on the design and manufacture of high-performancerepulsorlift platforms, and had been based onFresia for 'a dozen centuries', with the planet itself being purchased by investors two millenia before theBattle of Yavin. The most notable product of this was the construction ofBespin'sCloud City, circa400 BBY. It later switched to specialization in atmospheric and space fighter-craft in147 BBY, beginning a collaboration withSubpro Corporation that would last for over a century.^[3]

Some time prior to32 BBY, Incom also created some hull designs, including theT-06 hull for various starships.

During the waning days of the Republic, Incom and Subpro produced severalcollaborative designs, including the popularZ-95 Headhunter line. In22 BBY, though,HoloNet News reported that the relationship between the two companies was dissolved.

Based on designs they'd formulated in collaboration with Subpro, Incom produced theAggressive ReConnaissance-170 starfighter during theClone Wars.

When the staunchly independent company wasnationalized by theGalactic Empire around late1 BBY, much of its design and engineering staff defected. They made four prototypes of a new breed of starfighteravailable to the Rebel Alliance and took a course of action to bring the blueprints and production know-how to Alliance facilities.^[4]

In reaction, Imperial officials rounded up the Incom engineers and scientists and expeditiously sentenced them to labor in the spice mines ofKessel. However, they were spared their fate when a Rebel task force led by CaptainRaymus Antillesintercepted their transports and brought them into the Alliance's fold.^[4]

Two months after theBattle of Yavin, Incom was able to donate prototype X-wings to the fledgling Rebel Alliance which were stored in isolation.^[5]

The Incom corporation continued, in name, under Imperial contract, but never flourished as it once had. With its innovative soul gone, it only produced "average" fighters such as theI-7 Howlrunner. Several employees, not among the group that went off to Alliance service, and who had managed to slip away during the tumultuous days of the Imperial takeover, banded together and establishedFreiTek, Inc.^[6]

In addition, Incom also manufactured theY-85 Titan dropship which was used to deployAT-AT andAT-ST walkers during theBattle of Hoth in3 ABY. The Y-85 dropship was used begrudgingly by the Empire, which was still bitter towards Incom for supplying X-wings to the Rebellion.^[7]

After the fall ofEmperorPalpatine, Incom re-amalgamated itself into a cohesive company once again, with the FreiTek brand becoming a branch devoted to avionics and weapons.^[3] They modeled themselves after other similar technology fabricators, by maintaining neutrality and providing wares to both theNew Republic and theImperial Remnant.

LikeSienar Fleet Systems, Incom had a number of subsidiary plants scattered around the galaxy, most notably one atRanklinge in theShelsha sector.

Appearances[]

Non-canon appearances[]

• "Sandstorm" — Star Wars Tales 15(Mentioned only)

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